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Generations enjoy Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day at Springfield Care Home

Mary O’hara surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren.

Children, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were all part of the Grandparents Day celebrations at Springfield Care Home last Sunday. The event was organised to celebrate the wonderful bond that children have with their grandparents and to recognise the huge contributions the older generation have made to their families.

Children enjoyed live entertainment, balloon modelling, magic tricks, face painting, competitions and a photographer was at hand to catch some special family moments. The day was a great success.

Mary O’hara, who is resident at Springfield, was delighted with the day. “It is lovely to have an event like this, that brings the young and old together. We have all had a lovely time. With plenty to eat, lots of lovely company and some fun games, who wouldn’t enjoy themselves!”

Grandparents Day was first introduced in America in 1978, when Jimmy Carter passed legislation proclaiming it as a national day. As well as recognising the older generation, the idea of the day is to encourage the younger generation to listen to the wisdom of their elders and benefit from their considerable experience.

Springfield also took the opportunity to open their new extension, which increases their dining and lounge areas. Family member, Matthew Bennett, said, “It seems very appropriate to have opened the new extension on Grandparents Day. The new area will further improve our facilities and gives everyone a very luxurious living space.”